Rakhine

By Murray Hiebert The beginning of the monsoon rains in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea, coupled with the international spotlight on human traffickers in the region, appears to have slowed the flight of Muslim Rohingya from Myanmar in…

By John Ziegler The discovery of human trafficking camps in southern Thailand in early May, where at least 30 victims of human smugglers were found buried, once again put Thailand’s role in regional trafficking networks in the spotlight. These victims,…

On the podcast this week, we analyze the looming humanitarian crisis in Southeast Asia’s waters. Murray Hiebert, Senior Fellow with the CSIS Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies, joins to help us understand why thousands of people in region are…

Who is he? Charles Maung Bo has been the Catholic archbishop of Yangon since 2003. He began his ecclesiastic career in 1976, serving as a priest and then prefect in Lashio in northern Shan State. He was elevated bishop of…

By Aung Din [Editor’s Note: Key players will shape Burma in 2013, for better or worse. As a guest contributor to cogitASIA, Aung Din will examine their current role in Burma, and their potential impact in the coming year, in…

By Lynn Kuok The conflict in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state bordering Bangladesh threatens to derail the country’s attempts to break with its authoritarian past and move towards a democratic future. It has, at its roots, the policies of successive Myanmar…

Human security conditions continue to be a major concern across Southeast Asia, and this week we take a look at migrant workers, refugees, and other transnational flows of people across the region. The International Labor Organization (ILO) on January 9…

Who is he? Dr. Aye Maung is chairman of the Rakhine Nationalities Development Party (RNDP) and a member of parliament of the Union of Myanmar representing Rakhine state in western Myanmar. Although the RNDP was only formed in 2010, Aye…